It's the first Saturday of college football and the excitement has spread to members of the United States military serving across the world.

On the Auburn side, Capt. Doug Gordon, a 1991 graduate of the university, showed his team pride as takes the USS North Dakota to sea for its initial sea trials.Gordon flew the Auburn colors on top of the sub and sent the image to the Auburn Alumni Association.

The USS North Dakota is the newest Virginia Class Submarine that will be delivered to the Navy at the end of the monthy.

The ship will be commissioned in Groton, Connecticut on Oct. 25.

For the Alabama side, we have to look to the sky.

Lt. Col. Jon Schultz of the Alabama Air Guard recently put the Tide's crimson and white on display as he refueled a tanker in his F-16. Schultz, a Huntsville resident, is with the 100th Fighter Squadron of Montgomery and is currently deployed to Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan.